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Eilat, a city in Western Asia, located on the EastEast and belonging to Israel, is the mostsouth of the country, located on the coast meager Israel has over the Red Sea.Its name derives from the biblical Flath, usually identified with neighboring today Agaba.The Negev Desert, with inverted triangle shape has to Eilat in southern apex, on the Gulf of Aqaba coast and near the towns of Taba (Egypt) and Aqaba (Jordan)

Eilat is a very recent, whose immediate source is due to the wishes of the then Prime Minister David Ben Gurion who wanted to populate the Negev desert, awarded by the UN partition Israel. However, the past of this coastal area can be traced back to the reign of Solomon, who in the tenth century BC founded the port of Ezion-Geber on the Red Sea coast to trade with the countries of Ophir and Saba as telling the Bible

After the war of independence of Israel in 1948, Eilat became not only an important strategic position, but also trade, for the fledgling country. Egypt, violating international law, closed the Suez Canal to Israeli flagships and the Straits of Tiran, situated at the entrance of the Gulf of Eilat, thus impidendo navigation Israeli ships to the Red Sea. This blockade Israel hurt when accessing the markets of East Africa and its access to oil supplies in Southeast Asia, so that their ships had to turn to Africa to access these resources. Following the 1956 Sinai war, Israel managed to break the Egyptian blockade. This Eilat became established over the years as a prime tourist center.

The scorching heat of the Negev, one of the most barren deserts of the planet, is softened by the coastal location of Eilat Red Sea waters help to soften the high temperatures, the city enjoying a suitable climate that has made it one of the most important tourist attractions in Israel. The tourist attraction is completed with the existence of coral reefs, prized by divers and adventure expeditions into the Negev.